Although I’ve driven through the village of Innerleithen, around 10 miles east of Peebles in the Scottish Borders several times I’ve never stopped in the village. When I saw the brown tourist signs pointing to St Ronan’s Well I decided it was time to take a look. I’m really glad I did. It was early [...]
Iceland Express will offer 3,000 tickets from London Stansted to the Icelandic capitall Reykjavik for only £60 including taxes for one day only, Monday 1 September 2008. Tickets will be available on selected flights and dates. You must book online on 1 September and complete your travel between 15 September 2008 and 31 March 2009. [...]
I stumbled upon the Euros Ate My Dollars blog and asked Brittany one the co-authors to talk to Europe a la Carte to tell us more about the blog. 1 What is the aim of your blog? I guess the boring answer is that a blog was a way for our friends and family to [...]
Cinque Terre Reflections – Copyright Andrew Hayes As previously reported on Europe A La Carte, the picturesque fishing villages of the Cinque Terre are on the up. However, things have gotten a little out of hand – with tourism in the area skyrocketing, things can feel distinctively crowded here in Cinque Terre. You do not [...]
Split is in the middle of Croatian right off the coast and is a beautiful city with many things to see and do. The nightlife can’t be beat and the food options are limitless. There are many attractions and all throughout the year there are ferries that go to the many islands that are right [...]
When I lived in south-west Germany I was always a little bit sad when the long evenings of summer were coming an end, as they are now – but September brings an event that cheers me up a lot. And it’s all about wine. There are wine festivals all over Germany at this time of [...]
We’ve all had those moments – standing in a foreign city, knees squeezed together as you try and work out if you have enough money to buy a coke so that you can use the toilets of the cafe across the street. Public toilets, as has been discussed here before, can be a bit of [...]
Austin Hill is co-founder of the Travellious blog which urges us to travel smarter, often and rebelliously. 1 What is the aim of your blog? Travellious is a blog for the independent traveler: offering advice, inspiration, and resources for planning your own travel adventure. Too often we’ve seen and experienced what we call “passive travel,” [...]
When in 1994 the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, it immediately made me wonder if perhaps there was an acute shortage of more worthy sites. The cemetery is lovely, green and big, but it’s just that – a cemetery. The lady at the Stockholm Tourist Office tried her [...]
This guest post describing the Romanian city of Oradea is written by New World Yankee who authors the Yankee in a New World blog which aims to help other American expats adapt to living in Europe. “Did you see any vampires?” When I told people I went to Romania, this was the first question I [...]
